Covering The Corridor

Your independent source for news about the Richmond Highway corridor in Fairfax County, Va.

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@Drubaru Thanks Drew, I've appreciated your support over the years. Definitely gonna have one or two tonight.

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Covering The Corridor ceasing publication https://t.co/oHBiW1T6BN

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@ssurovell Thanks Scott, appreciate the support through the years.

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Inova announced yesterday that they are laying off hundreds of workers due to the financial strain caused by the coronavirus epidemic https://t.co/7ZuQeAPaLu

[Rodney Lusk @SupervisorLusk]

RPSV is now offering
free meals twice daily, seven days a week
at the South County Recovery and Drop-In Center
located at 8794 Sacramento Dr in Alexandria.

Shower and laundry services also available by appointment. more at https://t.co/YFXxKzE0qt, or call [phone].

[Covering The Corridor @route1corridor]

Richmond Highway BRT design updated to allow vehicle access to Fordson Road from both directions of Route 1 https://t.co/IZC66FHtwF

[Fairfax County Fire/Rescue @ffxfirerescue]

Units on scene of an apartment fire in the 7100 block of Mint Place in the Groveton area of #FairfaxCounty. Crews located fire in apartment. Quickly extinguished. Crews checking for extension. No reported injuries at this time. #FCFRD

[Basim Khan, MD @basimkhan]

@NeighborhoodHth is working with @UCMAlex to deliver food to our patients with COVID19.

[Fire Chief John S. Butler @ChiefJohnButler]

Man, I needed that! Time in the fire station. Dinner and conversation @ FS24 #Woodlawn. Existing FS, under construction new FS. (And...Shepherds Pie≠Cottage Pie).

[Covering The Corridor @route1corridor]

Owners of Shell at corner of Richmond Highway and Frye Road are looking to tear down current station, replace it with a larger station with 24-hour mini mart https://t.co/O1IsRUUJo5

[Fairfax County Fire/Rescue @ffxfirerescue]

Thanks President/CEO of @krispykreme Mike Tattersfield for stopping by Station 11, Penn Daw, to provide crew w/3 dozen donuts as a thanks for their service. Mr. Tattersfield was shown original preplan Station 11 has of Krispy Kreme store at old location on Richmond Hwy. #FCFRD

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@WasteWar6 Wawa has their eyes on that spot: https://t.co/uhGIwWMC6I. But there's been little movement since that story broke. Chick-fil-A had been looking at the old McGee's location, across from Popeyes.

[Covering The Corridor @route1corridor]

Chick-fil-A has applied to open a new location in the Kingstowne Shopping Center https://t.co/EO3NlMmdyL

[Fairfax Schools 🌟 @fcpsnews]

Superintendent Brabrand announces that FCPS is going to move away from Blackboard Learn 24-7 as a tool for face-to-face instruction. See his message to the FCPS community: https://t.co/WqYN2W1p84.

[Rachna Sizemore Heizer @RachnaHeizer]

FCPS is aware Blackboard is still having issues - more coming from FCPS soon

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Police say Friday's death was the result of a domestic-related murder. https://t.co/FOfLRhoAwz

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Death investigation underway at Kings Gardens Apartments in Penn Daw.

[Fairfax County Police @FairfaxCountyPD]

The victim has preliminarily been identified as an adult man. Detectives are on-scene and continuing to investigate. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available. https://t.co/UsvL1NhEmy

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The opening of the @NatlArmyMuseum at Fort Belvoir will be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/VxFeuXpdB7

[Senator Scott Surovell - ssurovell.bsky.social @ssurovell]

+602 VA cases today - biggest one day jump in Virginia so far. Back to nearly 10% (8.7%) increase. This is a 66% overall increase in confirmed infections in the last week. This late April peak prediction from January is starting to look accurate.

[Covering The Corridor @route1corridor]

McKay says county will soon begin posting more demographic informational about coronavirus cases in the county https://t.co/Aht9b4WuDI